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iTrader: (2)

I was swapping my pads and one of the bolts which connects the piston part of the brake to the "frame" was seized up. Anyways i just swung the piston area to the side, swaped the pads, and compressed the piston,etc..

Now the thing that alarms me is that the piston with the seized up bolt was able to be pushed back(towards the opposite tire) when swung out. I would assume this shouldnt happen. I also realised my inner pads were worn more(which is common) but could see if the bolt wasnt catching how more pressure would be put on the (inner)pad with the piston and less on the outer pad, since the piston would "squeeze" the pads together, but rather just push the inner pad till it made contact with the rotor

Anyone experiance this or know what im talking about

mberthia

iTrader: (5)

For non brembo brakes this is normal. The bolt you are talking about is a "sliding pin bolt". The easiest way to change the pads is to only remove on bolt and swing the caliper over to access the pads. The "cylinder body" needs to slide so that both pads get fairly equal pressure.